Title: Landforms

Summary: This unit of study will cover the Science Goal 2 of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Students will focus on the formation of landforms, the processes that shape or destroy landforms, and the human impact on earth.

Grade Level or Subject: Science Fifth Grade

Curriculum Framing Questions:

    • Essential: Is the force with you? The role of humans on earth: good or bad?

    • Unit: What forces shape our land? What forces break it down? What is the human impact on earth?

    • Content: What is a landform? What is erosion? What is weathering? What are the effects of erosion and weathering? What do humans do to change the earth's land?

Landforms Unit

Landforms PowerPoint Presentation

Landforms Pre-Assessment

Landforms KWL Chart

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